Vermont Unemployment Data

Unemployment vs. Labor Force in Vermont (1990 - Present)

This interactive graph shows the number of unemployed workers in Vermont on the x axis compared with the size of the workforce on the y axis. The size and color of the markers change to show increases and decreases in the unemployment rate.

The monthly data points begin to balloon in late 2008/early 2009, as the recession took hold and hit home following Lehman Brothers' filing and the credit crisis.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Vermont peaked at 7.3% in May, 2009. An even higher mark of 7.4% was reached in April, 1991 during that recession.